Convoy Introduces Power-Only Program and Universal Trailer Pool
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A major challenge faced by the freight industry is a shortage of drivers and a limited number of trucks available to service shipments. An aging driver base, paired with new regulations limiting hours of service, have created one of the most challenging freight environments in decades.
In response to this, America’s largest shippers often require trucking companies to drop extra trailers at their distribution centers to pre-load before a driver arrives. With the drop system, these shippers exclusively use larger trucking companies who have a surplus of trailers available.
As a result, these shipments are not available to the nearly 90% of U.S. trucks that are owned by small trucking companies. These companies do not have a surplus of trailers, which means that they miss out on the majority of freight from these major shippers.

“We save a lot of hours getting loaded or unloaded at facilities with power only shipments. There are benefits of not using your own equipment as well. When you own your own trailer, you have to pay up to $2,000 per year to maintain it. With power only, I don’t have to spend as much money or time having my own equipment serviced and replacing worn tires.” – Eliza Cruz, a Sacramento, California-based carrier. “What I love is power only shipments. Not only does this save me and my drivers time by solely hooking up to trailers and moving them to where they need to go, we can also get a lot done this way in our 10 hours.” – Baldeep Singh, a Turlock, California-based carrier “Power-Only with Convoy makes it easy to get loads I’ve never had before, and saves me time loading and unloading at facilities.” –Jose Martinez TruckingConvoy’s Universal Trailer Pool creates a seamless “grab and go” system, where carriers simply bring their power unit, pick up a pre-loaded trailer, and hit the road.
